The Shearing Piano

~ Release by George Shearing (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
#TitleRatingLength
A1Stella by Starlight
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
Stella by Starlight
lyricist:
Ned Washington (in 1946)
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor) (in 1944)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
5:45
A2On the Street Where You Live
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
On the Street Where You Live (My Fair Lady)
lyricist:
Alan Jay Lerner
composer:
Frederick Loewe
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
My Fair Lady (full musical)
2:51
A3Guilty
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
Guilty
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Harry Akst and Richard A. Whiting (composer)
3:12
A4Friendly Persuassion
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster
composer:
Dimitri Tiomkin
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Leo Feist, Inc.
part of:
The 29th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
2:47
A5For Every Man There's a Woman
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
For Every Man There’s a Woman
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Harold Arlen
publisher:
Harwin Music Corporation
part of:
The 21st Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
2:34
B1It Might as Well Be Spring
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
It Might as Well Be Spring (State Fair)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1945)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1945)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), Williamson Music Company, Williamson Music, Inc. and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
part of:
The 18th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1945 winner)
part of:
State Fair (1945 film soundtrack)
part of:
State Fair (1962 film soundtrack)
part of:
State Fair
5:09
B2High on a Windy Hill
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
High on a Windy Hill
writer:
Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney
3:00
B3If
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
If (Song, popular in the 1950s)
lyricist:
Stanley J. Damerell and Robert Hargreaves (songwriter)
writer:
H. Tilsley
composer:
Tolchard Evans
2:47
B4A Tune for Humming
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
A Tune for Humming
writer:
Frank Loesser
2:54
B5Sigh No More
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
Sigh No More
composer:
Noël Coward
4:05